Blind Folly

Blind Folly is a 1939 British comedy film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Clifford Mollison, Lilli Palmer, and Leslie Perrins.[1] The screenplay concerns a man who inherits a nightclub that belonged to his brother but soon discovers that it is the headquarters for a dangerous criminal gang.

Blind Folly
Directed byReginald Denham
Produced byA. George Smith
Written byJohn Hunter
H.F. Maltby
StarringClifford Mollison
Lilli Palmer
Leslie Perrins
CinematographyGeoffrey Faithfull
Production
company
Canterbury Films
Distributed byRKO Pictures
Release date
10 November 1939
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

It was made at Walton Studios as a quota quickie.[2]

Cast

gollark: People just see an error of some sort, and immediately their brain shuts down, even if it specifies what to do about it.
gollark: A useful skill people seem to lack is any ability whatsoever to solve basic problems with computers, but that's hard to teach.
gollark: You can argue about physics being useful and english literature not or whatever, but it's outweighted by how much anyone involved actually cares.
gollark: Generally, things the students in question actually want to learn, instead of whatever random junk they don't.
gollark: So... minarchism?

References

  1. "Blind Folly (1939)". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  2. Chibnall p.301

Bibliography

  • Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.


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